Added filter in wp_get_attachment_image

[spacedmonkey]

There should be a filter in wp_get_attachment_image function to filter the full html. I know that you can add attributes to the tag using wp_get_attachment_image_attributes. But this doesn't allow you to change the tag or wrap the tag in a div for example.

This would bring into line with other filters such as, post_thumbnail_html, script_loader_tag and style_loader_tag.

[ChriCo]

This could be somehow lead to several problems for displaying the image. The wp_get_attachment_image() is used in backend on several pages such as the upload.php, post-new/post.php metabox for post thumbnail and in frontend e.G the default Gallery-Shortcode, get_post_thumbnail(), wp_get_attachment_link(), ...

If you have some specific output on your page, you can use the wp_get_attachment_image_src() to produce your own markup or just add echo '<div>' . wp_get_attachment_image( ... ) . '</div>'; to your output.

[wonderboymusic]

wp_get_attachment_image() is kinda gross already - I would probably lean towards the advice in comment:1

[helen]

Filtering on fully formed HTML is unpleasant, both for developers and for maintainers - it's preferable to take a look at what you're really solving for and consider what might be a more targeted and sustainable solution.